ZyXEL AH-225 vs. TRENDnet TEW-509UB Combo USB 2.0 11a/b/g Adapters / Wi-Fi Finders

Hey, it beats carrying around that notebook PC with you everywhere, right? Well, I think that taking one of these Wi-Fi locators makes a lot of sense when you are on the move.

In today’s world, wireless networks are nearly ubiquitous. Wherever you go, there they are—from an access point in a wireless café, to a university-wide wireless network, to even your own next-door neighbor’s access point. The only hard part is figuring out where they are and which one to connect to.

To save you the trouble of pulling out your laptop and opening up your favorite wardriving program, ZyXEL and TRENDnet have each released own finger-sized Wi-Fi finders—the AG-225H from ZyXEL and the TEW-509UB from TRENDnet—that provide all the information you need to know about in-range wireless networks. Both are the first Wi-Fi finders that are able to sniff out nearby 802.11a wireless networks, in addition to the 802.11b/g detection provided by their predecessors. In addition, both devices can act as wireless network adapters when plugged into a USB port, allowing you to connect to the WLANs that you find. [Read the rest]

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